Leland Payson Bancroft (August 6, 1880 â February 27, 1951) was a Canadian politician. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1921 as a Member of the Progressive Party for the riding of Selkirk. He was defeated in 1925 as a Liberal-Progressive, but, won in 1926 and was defeated again in 1930. He died in Vancouver in 1951.